ISBN and DOI assignment

For first publications via ELSA, we assign both an ISBN and a DOI on request.  The prerequisite for both options is that the full text is available on ELSA and a publication contract is in place.

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• DOI (Digital Object Identifier) is a digital, unique and unchangeable identifier for objects and is primarily used for online articles in scientific journals. In a way, it is comparable to ISSN and ISBN.
• ISBN (International Standard Book Number) is a number used to uniquely identify books (printed and digital). By contrast, ISSNs (International Standard Serial Number) are assigned to journals and series.

Further information on this topic:

• DOI (external link to the homepage of the doi-Foundation)
• ISBN(external link to MVB, responsible for the ISBN assignment in Germany)